Aged care funding should be distributed evenly

The CEO of Southern Cross Care, Alan Carter, says the Federal Government's proposed aged care plan, could work if the money is distributed evenly.

The Rudd government announced the $739 million takeover, over four years to help fund 5,000 news beds across the country.

Mr Carter says some communities get an over supply of funding, whilst others will hardly receive a cent.

"It tends to work on a ratio on the number of citizens in a community aged 70 or above and they say there is a need for so many residential places high and low, community care, HACC services, all of those sort of things to look to come up with a package that the government believes will meet the needs of the elderly in the community," he said.